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The Most Misunderstood Concept in Physics | 12am News
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Apr 24, 2025
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the study of physics has been Humanity's
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best Endeavor to unlock the secrets of
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the universe and while it has brought
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about incredible insights there are
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still many misunderstood aspects a
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deeper understanding of the underlying
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signs can help us grasp our place in the
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world better but physics remains a
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complex and nuanced field one of the
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most famous and misinterpreted Concepts
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in physics is sringer cat proposed in
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1935 as a thought experiment to
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illustrate Quantum superposition it
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involves a sealed box with a radioactive
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Rock and Jer counter connected to a
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hammer that will break a vial of cyanide
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until someone opens the box to make an
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observation the cat must logically be in
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a superp position of alive and dead
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however the problem lies in the concept
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of measurement and the definition of
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when a measurement occures in the
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quantum World particles can exist in
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multiple States until measured and this
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has profound implications for
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understanding the nature of reality the
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hazenberg uncertainty principle is
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another often misunderstood idea in
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physics it states that there is a
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fundamental limit to what we can know
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about the behavior of quantum particles
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and their smallest scales the principle
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tells us that we cannot measure the
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position and momentum of a particle with
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absolute Precision simultaneously the
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act of observation itself affects the
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particle being observed leading to some
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counterintuitive consequences the
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uncertainty principle underlies many
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observations in the quantum realm that
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defy explanation using classical physics
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Einstein's theory of special relativity
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is a well-known but oversimplified
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concept it revolutionized physics by
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linking space and time to objects moving
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at a consistent speed in a straight line
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Einstein's thought experiments like the
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one with a person on a moving train
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observing simultaneous lightning strikes
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demonstrate the relativity of time and
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distance the famous equation eal mc²
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shows that energy and mass are
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interchangeable and it puts a speed
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limit on how fast objects can move in
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the universe however the true
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complexities of this Theory often
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discourage people from delving deeper
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into its nuances The Big Bang Theory is
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perhaps the most well-known proposal for
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the beginning of the universe it
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suggests that the Universe expanded
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rapidly from an extremely hot and dense
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Singularity around 13.8 billion years
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ago however Beyond this basic
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understanding many aspects of the Big
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Bang remain mysterious the true process
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that caused the expansion and the state
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of the universe before the Big Bang are
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still largely unknown scientists are
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still striving to comprehend the quantum
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aspects of gravity which play a crucial
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role in understanding the universe's
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earliest moments Additionally the
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standard model of particle physics
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doesn't account for the majority of
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matter that the Big Bang produced adding
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further complexity to our understanding
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of the universe's creation even if we
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gain a comprehensive understanding of
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matter and antimatter interactions the
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ultimate origin of the universe may
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still elude us it's essential to
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recognize that some aspects of the
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universe may forever remain beyond our
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grasp and that's all right the pursuit
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of knowledge and understanding is a
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continuous journey and while physics can
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be complicated it allows us to explore
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the mysteries of the cosmos and our
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place within it as we continue to refine
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our our understanding of the laws of
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physics we gain deeper insights into the
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fabric of the universe even if some
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aspects May remain enigmatic
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